2003

May all of you have a peaceful holiday. May you find a moment of joy whether you are alone, at a meeting, or find yourself with family or friends. And, as always..... God, grant me the serenity, to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom…

My dear daughter tells me I obsess about tasks, and I suppose she is right. I could have cheerfully shot either the computer or myself yesterday when ithe unprintable thing wouldn’t stop the storage fees. Today the world is dead and the computer is operating perfectly. As if this exact moment, li...

12/19/03 Computer stopped operations, didn’t crash, did close 12/19/03 Network disconnect 12/23/03 0834 Network disconnect 12/23/03 1129 computer shut down, after rebooting invoice was there Duck a rain drop or two then figure out why the invoices keep charging storage fees when you have clicked ...

A tired and hurting G with a smiling Georgette in what remains of a 1957 Chevy…just like the one that was Georgette’s first car. We’ve run our errands, even boosted our silverware count…as if we need more silverware, and we have all the packages wrapped but those for G’s mechanics. I tell you, we...

That’s me. I’m lagging behind the eight-ball, next to the A-Train, aside the river, and askew the fence. Knock, knock, anyone home. Certainly not at work. My lot became the test lot for all the other outer lots yesterday when the new computer system was run up the flag pole. I was the test subjec...

All saved favorites and icons are gone on the work computer, vanished into the ether, but the expert left me Explorer. I can still get here. Ah ha!!! Which is similar to Eureka. Which is very similar to salavation at times. I definately have the beginnings of a sinus infection. No one around me h...

Ha, there it is. A dusty, faded, two-toned blue, construction trailer placed at the edge of an equally dusty square of inner city tow yard. There’s a dirty white cat sitting on a scrap of rug at the top of the metal stairway to greet you. Inside the carpet is frayed, the furniture is a…

It’s the holiday season, and I am confronted by lists on lists stapled to lists. It was Carrie’s birthday on Saturday, and that heads my list if I ever make it to my email to write her. I will. Sometime. Somehow.... Saturday night's party went well though Duck lost his cane and Jay fell asleep&he...

Again, I have only six minutes then I have to be up, dressed, and outta here. G is snoring away in the next room, and I am heading out into what the weather man calls a fine day. Yesterday the air was filled with black and grey clouds scudding across the sky at flank speed.…